Its dropping the multi because you more than likely have the power saving features on, EIST and C1E. Leave them on, it's a good thing, mine does the same when it's not on full load. It's perfectly normal.

Its dropping the multi because you more than likely have the power saving features on, EIST and C1E. Leave them on, it's a good thing, mine does the same when it's not on full load. It's perfectly normal.

Awesome, thanks man. This whole intel oc'ing thing is pretty new to me.

While we are on the subject (so I don't have to open another thread!) does 4.5 @ 1.35v sound pretty reasonable?

4.5ghz @ 1.35v sounds okay, quick look at my stable club and it seems that some have done 4.5ghz as low as 1.272v. I would try lowering it to around 1.3v. Actually try starting off from 1.272v and working your way up, use prime blend as a stability indicator.

4.5ghz @ 1.35v sounds okay, quick look at my stable club and it seems that some have done 4.5ghz as low as 1.272v. I would try lowering it to around 1.3v. Actually try starting off from 1.272v and working your way up, use prime blend as a stability indicator.

Sorry about the confusion.

Ok, changed to 200, 180 and it was already at 1. Now if someone could explain exatly what I did there and what it means I would appreciate it.

i had a similar problem to this. I had all the energy saving features OFF and my multi would drop during folding. After lots of threads and troubleshooting i found the problem. It was the bios and I had to put like 3 bios updates back. This was on a evga x58 SLI. The multi should not be dropping while stressing even with all the energy bs off